We had a discussion on slack the other day about air travel. As you all know, it’s one of the most polluting forms of travel. But also a fast way to get around and very convenient to cross big ponds.[…]
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Author: Team CF
Dutch couple (with kid) on a mission to become Financially Independent & Retire Early.
Getting Rich by Using Other People’s Money
Today another guest post by reader Sander. He already reached FIRE and is currently enjoying his newly found time. We met a short while ago for lunch. Yes, this was one of those “let’s meet complete internet strangers for coffee”[…]
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Cheesy Finance in the Media
Last week I got an note from a writer at the large Dutch new outlet Nu.nl. In that comment I got the question to do an interview for an article about FIRE. It didn’t take me long to say yes![…]
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October 2018 Cheesy Index & Savings Rate
It’s been busy and interesting here at Cheesy central with posts on the 4% rule, weird people, work and FIRE in the Netherlands. Now it’s time to catch up on savings rates and the Cheesy Index. So today a report[…]
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Hacking the 4% rule!
You know you have awesome readers when you ask them for help and they respond in droves! Reader Cameron, who has been commenting since the early days of this blog, offered a post too. But this one might cause a[…]
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Financial Independence Europe Podcast
If you want to hear me try to squeeze 2 hours into 30 minutes, you got to check this out! You might need to play this at 0.5x speed 😉 Financial Independence Europe Podcast A while back I got the[…]
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October 2018 Dividend Update
More boring stuff in this October 2018 Dividend Update. Yet again som more DRIP’s happened. However, we also bought some more dividend…….ETF’s? October 2018 Dividend Update No sale of shares this month, but we did buy some! Well not shares,[…]
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Where are the truly weird FIRE people?
Where are the truly weird FIRE people? Aren’t we all a bit weird to begin with? That being said, I definitely know one very weird FIRE guy: The Sloth! Still like the guy though. Now he decided to write a[…]
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Real Estate Report – October 2018
What better way to start a Monday morning than with the Real Estate Report – October 2018 edition?! We did some more maintenance, paid bills & got money from the insurance company. Life was good in October! Also, if you[…]
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Why Your Company is no Place for Financial Growth
Why Your Company is no Place for Financial Growth! That was the title of a post that was sent to me from the other side of the (little) pond. He was happy to support me after my call for help.[…]
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Virtual vs Reality
Virtual vs Reality: the life of a blogger that wants to meet people, because, well being lonely sucks. How my life was enriched by many (non-) bloggers! Virtual vs Reality It was more than 2 years ago already that we had[…]
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I need help!
If you think I’m crazy as a doorknob with all my talk about buying castles, yachts and islands, you are probably correct. But I do not need help with being a bit off, sorry about that. But I do need[…]
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10 Secrets to becoming wealthy!
Are you ready for the 10 Secrets to becoming wealthy! Now pay very close attention and note everything down very carefully. Otherwise you might not get there! 10 Secrets to becoming wealthy! Ok, just to be clear, if you got here[…]
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How much do you need to retire in the Netherlands – 2019 Update
We did an update on the Cheesy Index for 2018 a while back and still need to do another one for 2019. This as wealth taxes have (and will continue to be) changed. To start the legwork for our 2019[…]
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